SANTA IS IN TOWN!

Today we are having our flat meal and it promises to be a feast for all!


I'll try and post a picture and a short how to on each bit so look out for the update tonight or tomorrow!

Easy-Peasy Pesto Bean Pie

Easy Peasy Pesto Bean Pie

Hey guys and girls, this is such a simple recipe, cheap and tasty! Great as a side dish if you are stuck for ideas!

 

Ingredients: 

• Beans - Butter, or plain old baked beans

•  Table spoon of pesto

•  Garlic butter - Follow a recipe soon to come! (or use a packet)
  
• Some cheese (if you wish)

• Puff or Shortcrust Pastry (Use a packet, or follow a recipe soon to come!)

 

Method

 Line a small pie dish or oven proof bowl with the pastry and paste a small amount of pesto around the bottom. Now melt the garlic butter in a pan and throw in the beans, add some cheese. If you are using butter beans then add some tomatoe puree and cream. You could also use chopped tomatoes or passata. Now put in the rest of the pesto with the beans, give it a stir and pour into the pastry lined bowl.

 Cover the pie with pastry and then bake until the pastry goes golden brown.

You could adapt this recipe to make lots of little individual bean pies, why not give it a go?

 

 

Christmas Shortbread Tree

Christmas Shortbread Tree

Do you like shortbread, christmas and trees? Well then you'll love this recipe!

You'll need:

Flour: 260g

Butter: 225g

Sugar: 60g Caster or Icing sugar is better

Vanilla Extract: 1 sploosh

Chocolate for covering!: 50-70g

First beat the sugar and butter together until creamy.

Now stir in the flour rather vigourously.

Chill for 1 hour!

Roll flat and press out shapes using a biscuit cutter or using your hands make a big tree and about 10 small baubles.

Bake for 10 minutes or until the edges start to go golden brown.

Remove from the oven and melt your chocolate.

Drizzle the chocolate over your tree and cover a few baubles too.

Carefully and tasefully decorate your tree!

Admire, then devour!

 

Chicken in a Bag

Chicken in a Bag...

Made from foil.

So today I made a lovely, succulent and easy meal! Like the sound of that? Follow the recipe below!

For the chicken you will need:

Chicken - On the bone is nice but you could use breast pieces too.
Spices - What ever you fancy with the chicken, I used cumin, chilli powder, garam masala, splash of turmeric and some garlic.
Foil.
Baking Tray
Oven. - 170-180C

Chuck it all in a bowl with a bit of oil and make sure all the chicken is covered.

Now put it all in the foil and fold it over like so:

Make sure you seal the edges nice and tight.

Now just throw it in the oven for about half an hour to 40 minutes.

For the potatoes

Meanwhile peel, half and slice your potatoes fairly thin. Boil for around 30 minutes. Drain, toss in butter and then fry with onion, garlic herbs and sugar for about a minutes. Now open up your chicken foil parcel, tip the potatoes over the top and put it all in the oven for about 5-10 minutes or until nice and crispy.

 
Enjoy!

Chicken Tonight!

Chicken Tonight!

What more could a man want other than coming home from a long, hard and wet day playing football and sweating in the library and be greeted with a lovely pile of chicken??

If you feel like chicken tonight, watch out for tonight's update!

 

Erm...Cookies?

Cookies!

Oh...wait...no.

BISH

   

BASH

  

BOSH

 

...whoops...

Moral of the story is, don't forget about things in the oven!

But they actually taste ok, and are quite cakey which is odd because they are meant to be cookies...maybe I shouldn't have bought a packet of cookie mix... first and last time.

 

1st Of December!

Who's Feeling Christmassy?

It's that time of year, and it always means lots of special dishes, home cooking, extra treats and lots and lots of CHOCOLATE!

What's your favourite christmas meat? Who cooks? What time do you eat? I want to know EVERYTHING! We will be having a baking bonanza in my house very soon so keep your eye out for the post!

Merry Christmas!